The kanji 乱: meaning, readings and stroke order

乱

Meaning: disorder, mess up
On reading: ラン ran
Kun reading: みだ（れる） midareru、みだ（す） midasu
Strokes: 7
Radical: 乙 second
Level: Level 6 · grade 6
Old form: 亂

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rối, lộn xộn (loạn)
Japanese: みだれる。みだす。
Korean: 어지럽다, 흐트러지다 (난·란)
Chinese: 乱、混乱

Readings, words and example sentences

ラン ran · on reading

混こん乱らん
confusion
急な知らせで少し 混こん乱らんしました。
The sudden news confused me a little.

みだ（れる） midareru · kun reading

乱みだれる
to get messed up, to fall out of order
風で列が 乱みだれました。
The wind messed up our line.

みだ（す） midasu · kun reading · less common

乱みだす
to disturb, to mess up
うるさくして場を 乱みだします。
Making noise disturbs everyone around you.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.